Four Chelsea fans have been found guilty of racist violence in Paris, almost two years after they allegedly blocked a black man from boarding a Paris metro train.

Four Chelsea fans accused of being involved in a race row in which a black man was shoved off a train while racist chants were sung are being treated as “scapegoats” by police, a court today heard.

Five Chelsea supporters suspected of involvement in an incident in Paris in which a black man was prevented from boarding a train will fight applications to impose football banning orders.